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Jesus said, “Very truly, I tell you, I am thegate for the sheep … I came that they mayhave life, and have it abundantly.” [John 10: 7, 10b]

Recorder - January 20092

Gwen Collins Minister

Dear Friends,

Is your Christmas Tree still up as you read this? I wonder if you, like me, want to keep it there tillthe last possible moment, and eventually, on Jan.6th, reluctantly take it down.

It is an extraordinary tradition that we follow – to put trees in our houses, churches, schools,work-places, shops and town squares. Why do we do it? Well I can only speak for myself and Ido it because i) it’s a tradition that I grew up with ii) it is one of the most beautiful and magical thingsiii) it has a great feel-good factor. I think it is something of a family joke in the Collins householdthat every year I say, and mean, “You know, I think this year’s tree is yet the most beautiful we haveever had!”

So I hope that you have a Christmas Tree be it small or large, live or man-made, to take you intothe New Year. That is another extraordinary tradition that we follow – to divide time into weeks andmonths and years, to number them and to regard as very significant the night that divides what wecall the 31st December from what we call the 1st January. I suppose it strikes me as extraordinarybecause I have lived in a remote mountain valley in Papua New Guinea where such a division oftime was unknown and unnoticed by the vast majority of the population. Why do we do it? Well,mainly because complex human society absolutely needs a framework to identify dates. Can youimagine trying to organise schools, businesses or even extended family relationships without thebenefit of calendars and diaries?

But also, I think, we celebrate the New Year because, like Christmas Trees, i) it’s a tradition thatwe grew up with ii) it is one of the most beautiful and magical things iii) it has a great feel-goodfactor. That is true especially if we have Scottish links and revel in Hogmanay, but not only then.

We are now entering the second month of our Bible Year. December saw us, ‘Living with the Biblethrough Advent’, and January will see other opportunities to deepen our understanding of our HolyBook [see list of dates]. I would like to set you, Reader, a challenge for 2009 to read the wholeNew Testament this year. Once a fortnight, read one NT book right through in a sitting [or twosittings if it is one of the longer ones]. This will help you to put the familiar passages in context andwill give you the chance to read sections that are rarely if ever read out loud in church. Irecommend alternating longer and shorter books, as that will also give you a balance of style andcontent. If you begin at the end of Dec. 08 or on Jan 1st, by the end of 2009 you will have readevery book. Keep a note of questions that occur to you, and later in the year we will have an “AnyQuestions?” session.

The Bible does not tell us to put Christmas Trees in our houses, nor does it tell us to celebrate NewYear, but Jesus does say that He came so that we might have life, and have it abundantly – andthat certainly includes celebrations. In Biblical times there were different cultural festivals thatserved the same function. It is interesting to note, though, that there is one celebration, and onlyone, that springs directly from New Testament command. In an upper room at Festival time inJerusalem the Bethlehem baby now become a man shared bread and wine with his friends andsaid “Do this in memory of me.” He knew that they faced enormous uncertainties and difficultiesand that, above all, they needed to continually re-connect with Him, their ever-living Lord andSaviour, Friend and Brother. So do we.

Minister : Rev Dr Gwen Collins

e-mail: [email protected]

Church Secretary :Mrs Marian Mole,

e-mail: [email protected]

3Recorder - January 2009

Rotas for January

January Services

Morning Worship at 10:30am, led by the Minister, unless otherwise stated

Jan 4 Holy Communion, and a focus on the Wise Men’s storyJan 11 Morning worship: a new perspective on Gospel stories

Jan 18 - 10.30 All age worship - 4.00 Service For Healing & Wholeness, with the Prayer Circle for Healing.

Jan 25 - 10.30 Morning worship on World Leprosy Day - 6.30 United Service at All Saints in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

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What’s on in January

Monday 12th January - 8pm New Year Quiz (Hostess: Pat Wallace)

Monday 26th January - 8pm Musical Evening led by Margaret Riglesford (Hostess: José Barber)

WOMEN’S MEETING

Tuesday 8th Jan Welcome Back. Bring & Share Tea

Tuesday 15th Jan Marian Mole - Walking the Coleridge Way

Tuesday 22nd Jan Pilgrims Progress: Christian and Hopeful.

Tuesday 29th Jan AGM. Bring & Buy

All meetings start at 2.30 in the Lower Schoolroom

Start the year as you mean to continue.

January 9th and 23rd

at 2pm

Diary DatesJan 5 Night Shelter opens at Quakers’ Meeting House 7 8pm - Vision4Life Big Bible Story10 10.30am - Coffee Morning13 8pm - Church Meeting18 4pm - Service For Healing & Wholeness 4pm19 Week of Prayer For Christian Unity21 8pm - Vision4Life Bible Study24 10.30am - Coffee Morning25 6.30pm - Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, All Saints.27 8pm - Elders’ Meeting31 9.30 - 12 noon - Fifth Brigade

January 2009S M T W T F S

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News of the Family

Each of the four Gospel writers is traditionally represented by the following symbols,which originate from the four "living creatures" of the Book of Ezekiel (Chapter 1) andthe Book of Revelation (4.6-9 and following).These appear in Mediaeval illustrations, such as in the Book of Kells. The figures arealways winged.

On page 10 - no don’t go there yet! - you will find four poems, written by Olive S, describing eachof the four gospel writers. She has used the traditional symbols of each gospel writer and thetraditional author of each, ignoring modern scholarship. To explain this a bit more, Gwen hasoffered the following:-

Coming up - SOON!

Matthew is symbolised by a human (not an angel as sometimes thought);Mark by a lion;Luke by an ox bull or calf;John by an eagle

Now - try to resist the temptation to jump to page 10 before reading the next four pages!!.

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Commitment for Life

Zimbabwe: A nation in crisis

Christian Aid partner organisations in Zimbabwe are responding to the cholera outbreak which isnow affecting the entire country. According to the World Health organisation more than 12,000cases have been reported and 565 people have died.

In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, the Dabane Trust, a Christian Aid partner whichspecialises in drought recovery programmes, is providing an emergency response in both the cityand in the outlying rural areas.

‘The sewage system has just completely broken down,’ says Stephen Hussey, the programmecoordinator for Dabane Trust. ‘There are pools of sewage in town. In addition to the clear dangerof cholera and other water-borne disease, it just smells foul; it is disgusting.’

Dabane donated 2,000 litres of fuel to the city council of Bulawayo so its sanitation teams couldgo out to the suburbs. It has also cleaned four large water containers which are on standby fordistribution of clean water. Dabane also responded quickly to the anthrax outbreak in Lupanedistrict.

‘We provided a tractor and trailer to get the vaccination teams out to the affected area quickly. Atthe same time we took out 18,000 purification tablets,’ says Mr Hussey.

Dabane also has a pilot scheme to build sand water filters for some 30 homes in the rural areas.It is training local builders to make these filters which operate through the medium of sand.

‘The problems of the sanitation services here are huge; there are no chemicals to treat the waterat source’ says Mr Hussey. ‘But in the short-term we need many more purification tablets.Yesterday the water coming out of the tap was like orange juice. It is ludicrous that we arereduced to buying bottled water in Botswana.’

Dumisani Nkomo of Habakkuk Trust, another Christian Aid partner in Bulawayo, says thatcollapse of the sewage system has compounded the dire health risks posed by weeks ofuncollected rubbish.

‘There is uncollected rubbish all over the place and now we have untreated sewage in the street;the health risks are huge.

‘We are working with service providers to facilitate the provision of water. More importantly, weare organising meetings with our community leaders and the city council so that it knows exactlywhat the situation is.’

Partner organisations in the capital Harare are also responding. Christian Care is working withthe UNICEF initiative to distribute purification tablets.

Christian Aid is also now coordinating some small scale distribution of oral rehydration salts fromUNICEF to other development agencies and charities.

Here’s wishing you more happiness Than all the words can tell

Not just for New Year’s Eve alone But for all the year as well.


Festival of Praise

Coventry Cathedral

Combined Choirs/Singers: 400+ voices accompanied by organ & orchestra

U could join in on Saturday 17 October ‘09

The Free Church Choir Union hold this biennial event in a cathedral.The Festival Conductor is Peter Williams from Ickenham URC and our former mem-ber Audrey B is already one of the choir members.We could make this a day out for the Trinity Church family. What do you think? Wouldyou be interested?For more details visit the website: www.freechurchchoirunion.org.uk

1) Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair :As your hands become coated in grease, so your nose will start to itch...

2) Anthony's Law of the Workshop :Accidentally drop any tool and it will roll into the least accessible corner...

3) Kovac's Conundrum :Dial a wrong telephone number and you will never get the engaged tone...

4) Cannon's Karmic Law :Use a flat tyre as an excuse for being late at work and next morning you will get one...

5) O'Brien's Variation Law :Change queues and the one you've just left will start to move faster than the one you've joined...

6) Bell's Theorem :As soon as your body has become immersed in bath water, the telephone will ring...

7) Ruby's Principle Of Close Encounters :The probability of meeting someone you know increases significantly when accompanied by anyone you'drather not be seen with...

8) Willoughby's Law :Attempt to prove to someone that a particular mechanical item doesn't work and it surely will...

9) Zadra's Law Of Biomechanics :The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach required to scratch it...

10) Breda's Rule :In any auditorium, people with seats furthest from the aisle will always be the last to arrive...

11) Owen's Law :Sit down with a cup of hot coffee and your boss will demand you do something that will take until it hasgone cold...

12) Not forgetting good ole Murphys' Law :Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong...

How True!


Having been on holiday for the whole of November, a lot of work has been going onwith Gwen and Simon especially taking the lead, for which I am very grateful.

At the Church Meeting on 2 December, Gwen and Simon updated members on funds,costs and contractors as follows:

Fund Value (£,000)At end 2007 42,000Ronald Boxall’s bequest 50,000Giving 2008 16,000Loans 12,500Gift aid and interest 7,800Costs this year(fees) -26,000BALANCE/TRINITY FUNDS 102,300Grant from Synod 100,000Loan from Synod 40,000Available funds 242,300

We have applied to several grant making organisations but it will be the New Year before we hear theoutcome (Veolia for £30,000; Garfield Weston Foundation for £5,000 and Beatrice Laing Trust for£5,000). There is also the potential income of £70,000 from the sale of the manse garden if this goesthrough.

Costs from potential contractors were too high and have been brought down by reducing the scope ofthe work, challenging pricing by getting suggestions for other ways of constructing, or alternate fittings,and challenging the companies to provide us ‘best value’.

Out of the two contractors with the best prices, we have decided to go with Farr & Roberts, a Maiden-head-based company established since 1965, and JBKS are taking up references. It would takearound 22 weeks to complete the work.

Their costs will come to around £198,000, and we also have to pay for a fire alarm at £2,500, andchairs budgeted around £12,000, plus professional fees and VAT of around £29,000. The total costscome to £241,500, and our available funds are £242,300.

Works to be completed are:•Removal of pulpit, pews, flooring•Heating•Flexible Lighting•Decoration•Dais, ramp, screen & cross•Floor including carpet•Electrical work•Decoration•Replace ceiling and re-plaster current entrance•Moving doors at north end•Preparation and protection of organ

Work not being done includes:•External ground works and ramp (20k inc. fees)•New south doors and storage (43k inc fees)•furniture for dais and sound desk (7k inc fees)•Coffee bar area (9k inc fees)

Work being reduced in scale includes:Lighting from 40k down to 15k. This will comprise two systems for (1) Ordinary use, simple to operateand cheap to run, and (2) Worship, performance system, warm effective lighting.It will have a single computerised lighting control giving flexibility with simplicity.

Outstanding questions:That the heating system will be sufficient to heat the sanctuary and other areas even on a cold day.Trinity have asked Delford (Heating consultants) to provide a clear answer


Possibilities for changing to funding� Should funds allow, the London Road doors and storage could be added with minimal disruption.� Some carpet would be wasted� There would be some dust.� The heating would NOT be affected� The ramp and outside work would not affect the internal work at all

Possibilities to changing costs� Should funds allow (e.g. all grant applications come good and a good price for the manse gar-

den) we could have more money when the work starts� Internal work or external work could be commissioned, even if the agreed work had started.� GLPC Permission lasts until May 2011

PROPOSAL

To instruct JBKS architects to issue a letter of intent to Farr and Roberts Ltd to start work on site on9 March 2009 with a value of £198,784 as specified in their tender. This would include drawing down onthe loan approved by GLPC after funds already in hand had been used, unless other funding was by thenavailable.

Church Meeting voteAt the Church Meeting the proposal was voted on with all in favour (3 abstentions).

GLPC loanThe loan of £40,000 was approved and we may draw upon this if we need to. The loan would be 1% belowbase rate. The loan would have to be paid off in five years; some Churches have negotiated 10 years. Ifthe loan is agreed we would only draw it down if we need to. We would use our available funds first.

INVENTORY (AND DISPOSAL) OF ITEMS IN THE SANCTUARYIn the October edition of The Recorder we published an extensive list of removable items in the sanctuary,asking anyone with an opinion on whether these needed to be kept or not to let us know. The deadlinewas 15 December and we have only had one response. Because the start date of work is a little later thanplanned, we can extend the deadline but there is a lot of preparation to do before March so we need tomove forward with this. IF ANY CHURCH MEMBERS OR ADHERENTS HAVE STRONG VIEWS ON ANYOF THE ITEMS LISTED PLEASE LET KATE, GWEN OR MARIAN KNOW BY 5 JANUARY. If you wouldlike a copy of the inventory listing please let us know as soon as possible.

The Bible style guide

At a time when religion increasingly dominates the news agenda, Bible Society has releaseda new reference tool to help journalists and broadcasters get up to speed on biblical issues.

The Bible Style Guide is an 80-page downloadable resource packed with facts, figures,explanations and overviews to help media professionals report Bible stories with confidence.

It answers basic journalistic questions such as how the biblical canon (the books of the Bible)was agreed, and how Christians deal with violent texts in the Bible.

It also contains a 20 page glossary of biblical terms. It tackles controversial issues andincludes terms that are often misunderstood.

This is a resource that could be useful to us in the church as well!

If you have internet access and would like to have a look, visitwww.biblesociety.org.uk/pressreleases and download The Bible Style Guide.


MATTHEWMatthew the manWith wings,But not an angel,Reformed tax coflector,Used to lists,Organizing material,Teaching cause and effect,Paiticularly the effect,The inevitable hard consequencesOf stepping into sin,Weeping and wailing,Gnashing of teeth,Fires of damnationFor foolish virgins and goats.Starts his gospel with the manJoseph, not Mary,Josephs genealogy.Joseph’s decision,The visit of the Magi,The slaughter of the innocents,The flight into Egypt,Tough stuff.Matthew gives us warningHe is not an easy read.The good news of JesusHas its hard edges.

MARKMark, the first of the gospel writers,Starts his good news as he means to go on,States his intent at the beginning,To show Jesus Christ as God’s own son.The winged lion makes straight for the desert,John the Baptist is preaching there,Baptises Jesus who goes to be tempted,Then attended by angels’ care.

Mark always brief, clear of purpose.Friend of Peter, who told him facts,Makes his point with many storiesOf Jesus’ words and healing acts.

Mark alone adds vivid detail -Other ships are on the lakeWhen the great storm alarms the disciplesSo that they call for Jesus to wake.

Only in Mark do the five thousandSit themselves on grass that is green,Not poor shrivelled drought-ridden stuffBut a living symbol that seems to meanThe tired and weary famished crowdAre about to be amazed and fedBy five little loaves and two tiny fish,Blessed for them by the living Bread.

So St. Mark in writing his gospelReveals to the reader holy thingsAs his lion prowls upon the earthAnd rises to heaven upheld by strong wings.

LUKELuke, the sacrificial, winged bull,Starts in the Temple with incense rising.Luke the Greek, the beloved physician,Careful historian, checking his factsConcerned for the poor, the sick, the outcastLike his master; recording his acts.Healing the leper, the woman bent double,The centurion’s servant, the paralysed man,Raising from death Jairus’s daughter.Restoring to life the widow’s one son.He shows Jesus teaching and preaching and tellingCompassionate tales of the strayed and the lostThe coin and the sheep and the father’s young son,The joy that abounded when they were found;The lonely traveller set on by thievesBefriended and tended with love and with careOf the stranger who could not let him lie thereWounded and bleeding ignored by the priest.

Luke tells of betrayal, the cross and the tomb,The road to Emmaus where two sunk in gloomAre joined by their Lord raised up from the deadAt last to be known in the breaking of bread.

Luke ends in the Temple with praising the Lord,The bull opens his wings and flies heavenward.

JOHNJOHN, the eagleOn the mountain top,Looking at the sunUnblinded by God’s glory,Holy evangelist.

Yet John is a man,Looking at Jesus;Seeing another manMaking friendsEnjoying a wedding feast,Turning traders out of the Temple,Sought out by night,For secret talks;Seeking the despised,Healing the sick, feeding the hungry,Raising the three-day dead(A difficult one that)A man of compassion.

The eagle swoops for food,Feeds its young;John lights on Jesus’ wordsTo feed the believer.Jesus is:The bread of life,The light of the world,The good shepherd,The true vine,The way, the truth, the life.

Words from the WordThat John saw made fleshAnd living among us.


Diary dates for the rest of the year

(Subject to change, but a usefulindication of what you may expect!)

February 4 8pm - Vision4Life Bible Study15 5.30pm - Service of Holy Commun-ion18 8pm - Vision4Life Bible Study21 Thinking Day Parade Service22 4pm - Prayer Circle For Healing23 Fairtrade Fortnight begins24 8pm - Elders’ Meeting25 8pm - Ash Wednesday & Vision4Life Bible Study

March 6 Women’s World Day of Prayer 9 Builders commence work on Phase 2 of REVIVE17 7.30pm - Church Meeting &AGM22 Mothering Sunday24 8pm Elders’ Meeting

April 5 Palm Sunday 9 8pm Maundy Thursday Communion at Trinity10 Good Friday Service at Union Bapt ist & March of Witness12 Easter Day13-15 Gwen away19 5.30pm - Service of Holy Communion20 – 24 “ “28 Elders’ Meeting

May10 Christian Aid Week19 Church Meeting26 Elders’ Meeting30 Fifth Brigade30 Chiltern Area Elders’ Day31 Pentecost

June21 Church Picnic on The Rye21 5.30pm - service of Holy Commun-ion24–27 Gwen away

Churches Together Barbeques

July 4 CWR Seminar 7 Elders’ Meeting20 Lighthouse Week21 Church Meeting

August7 – 24? Gwen away28-31 Greenbelt Festival29 Fifth Brigade

September 1 Elders’ Meeting15 Church Meeting20 Harvest Thanksgiving29 Elders’ Meeting

October3 SV2G celebrate Black History Month & Trinity Autumn Fayre5-11 Gwen away17 Festival of Praise, Coventry Cathedral18 Service of Holy Communion27 Elders’ Meeting31 Fifth Brigade

November17 Church Meeting24 Elders’ Meeting

December15 Elders’ Meeting

Gift ServiceCarol service

24 Christmas Eve Communion25 Christmas Day Family Worship26–29 Gwen away

Annual reports for the AGM should be given to me to consolidate by no later than22 February. Remember, the reports should cover the calendar year 2008, so can beprepared NOW!! Don’t leave them until the last minute!Angus


NEWS FROM CHILTERN AREA COMMITTEE MEETINGHELD 20 OCTOBER 2008

1. Ministrya. Mr Alan Woodhouse, St Mark’s Aylesbury – service of recognition as local leader on

Sunday 26 October.

b. Revd Preben Andersen, Deanway has accepted a two year extension with his appoint-ment running until end August 2011.

2. Ordained minister looking to lead more services!The Revd Daphne Williams, an NSM who works as a part-time hospital chaplain, has of-fered to lead services, especially communion and baptisms. Tel. 01296 711722 or [email protected]

3. Vacanciesa. Trinity Slough / St Andrew’s Iver

A minister is interested in the two churches

b. Beaconsfield / HoltspurA minister is interested in the two churches

4. New PA for the ModeratorGood news! Following Mandy Adam’s move to URC Church House at the beginning ofSeptember, Mrs Sue Russell has moved from her old role at Synod to the role of PA to theModerator and Synod Clerk as from 13 October.

5. 30 May 2009, 11 am to 3 pm – Area elders’ day on “the challenges of church leader-ship in an era of reducing stipendiary ministry”This will be of significant importance to all our churches. The Moderator will be there andelders are urged to attend. More details on venue etc. to be confirmed.

6. Vacancies for appointments to Synod Committeesa. Ministry & Mission Fund Committee.b. Nominations Committeec. Leadership Development Groupd. Synod Disability Coordinator (& also Disability Area Advocate)e. Synod Disciplinary Panel (not a committee)

* This is new to our list. If anyone would like to know more, please ask!

7. Communication with churches in our areaArea Committee is keen to keep churches in the information loop. Please give us feedback,update us on your news via your rep, and let us know if we can serve you better with infor-mation.

8. News from the churchesNews updates were given from St Andrew’s, Gerrards Cross, and Burnham. If you wouldlike the details please ask your rep.

9. Building projectsa. Trinity High Wycombe sanctuary redevelopment – progressingb. Amersham Free Church redevelopment – progressing

10. Date of next meeting – 18 December 2008

This report may seem a little out of date, but space constraints last month meant something hadto give. Since it is purely informative, it is hoped that nothing has been lost by deferring it untilthis month.


Recorder Editor : e-mail : [email protected]

Church web site: http://www.trinity-urc.org.uk

The next edition of the Recorder will be published on 25th January.Closing date for contributions is Friday 16th January

We would like to wish

A Very Happy BirthdayWith love from all at Trinity.

The United Reformed ChurchInter-assembly celebration

2009 Come and be energised forSaturday 11th July mission inSunday 12th July today’s ChurchLoughborough University

Cost: £30 adult £15 childIncluding evening meal,refreshments, workshops and entertainment.Overnight accommodation to be arranged separately

www.energy4life.urc.org.uk


Disturb us Lord, when we are too pleased with ourselves.When our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little.When we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us Lord, when, with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters oflife. Having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity. And in our efforts to build a newearth, we have allowed our vision of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us Lord, to dare more boldly.To venture on wider seas.Where storms will show your mastery;Where, losing sight of land, we shall find the stars.We ask you to push back the horizons of our hopes;And to push into the future, in strength, courage, hope and love.The prayer of Sir Francis Drake:

Weekly prayers through January:Sunday For our youth groups, ‘That Lot’ and ‘That Other Lot’, and their leadersMonday For staff at the Citizens’ Advice BureauTuesday For staff at Wycombe District CouncilWednesday For the Priory CentreThursday For the Wycombe Winter Night ShelterFriday For the St Vincent and Grenadines 2nd Generation Steel OrchestraSaturday For the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Dwell among us, Lord, this week.May we never be able to escape your dazzling presence.Dwell among us as we work, where we usually don’t think of you,but need you all the same.Dwell among us at home, when emotions run high and we are angry or hurt.dwell among us in church, when we are tempted to consult everyone, except you.Dwell among us in our closest relationships,where yours is the bond of peace and joy.Dwell among us this week.from “The Intercessions Handbook” by John Pritchard

When the song of the angels is stilledwhen the star in the sky is gonewhen the kings and princes are homewhen the shepherds are back with their flocksthe work of Christmas begins:

to find the lostto heal the brokento feed the hungryto release the prisonto rebuild the nationsto bring peace among the peopleto make music in the heart

Howard Thurman from “Bread of Tomorrow”

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.I believe in love even when I cannot feel it.I believe in God, even when he is silent.written on a wall by a Jewish prisoner in Cologne

Lord, I have never been really hun-gry, only just hungry enough to real-ise how good it can be to taste foodLet us never forget those whosephysical hunger gnaws continually,so that we who have plenty may beinstruments of the blessing to themof being satisfied, according to yourwill.Oliver Tomkins – “Asking God”

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